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The Sustainability Responsibility - FREE Webcast March 26
Join Council member, Claudio Abreu, president and CEO, Bayer Corporation Business and Technology Services, as he explains why and how Bayer practices sustainability in every aspect of their day-to-day business from implementing international standards for reducing emissions to lowering energy use within the company, and holding all contractors and partners to a code of conduct across the supply chain.
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March 01, 2003 — CIO —
| Initiative | How It Works |
| Office of Electronic Government | Creates new office within Office of Management and Budget, headed by presidential-appointed administrator |
| E-Government Fund | Calls for $345 million over four years to fund interagency e-gov projects, subject to congressional appropriators |
| Privacy | Requires privacy impact assessments for new IT systems |
| Security | Makes the Federal Information Security Management Act law |
| E-Rule making | Gives citizens the opportunity to comment on proposed federal rules online |
| Internet Guidelines | Calls for basic standards for agency websites |
| Technology Procurement | Allows state and local governments to purchase IT using federal supply schedules |
| Share-in-Savings | Awards contracts in which the government shares with vendors any savings generated by improving efficiencies |
| Workforce Development | Includes training opportunities for federal IT workers and a public-private exchange program that loans IT workers to the private sector and vice versa |
| GIS Standards | Develops common protocols for geographic information systems |
| Judicial Information | Requires federal courts to put information online, including docket information and written opinions |
Read more about legislation & public policy in CIO's Legislation & Public Policy Section.
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